Assignment of Functions (Minister of Industry and Commerce) (Amendment) Notice, 2024 (No. 2)

This notice adjusts which Acts the Minister of Industry and Commerce administers, amending the Assignment of Functions (Minister of Industry and Commerce) Notice, 2023 (S.I. 202 of 2023).

Two Acts are removed from the Minister's schedule: the Produce Export Act [Chapter 18:17] and the Industrial Development Corporation Act [Chapter 14:10]. The notice does not say which Minister now administers them, so anyone dealing with either statute should check the corresponding assignment notice for the receiving Ministry.

One Act is added: the Sugar Production Control Act [Chapter 18:19], to be co-administered with the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. Co-administration means both Ministers have a hand in the statute, which matters for anyone seeking approvals or making representations under the sugar production controls — the correspondence may need to go to both.

The practical significance is administrative rather than substantive: no rights or obligations change, but the office you deal with does. No commencement date is stated beyond gazetting on 10 May 2024.